Story is a powerful way to build compassion and bridge understanding between cultures. Story has the power to heal as well as teach.
Books by Nancy Bo Flood
Beyond Boundaries · Essays and tidbits from Nancy Bo Flood
Wouldn’t you like a nice, WARM drink of water? Try it. It’s good for you!
August 20, 2015
Water helps us cool down when we get too hot. Drinking a warm glass of water energizes, soothes a headache, and can relieve asthma. How does warm water help you…
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It’s all right to cry, flamingo
August 18, 2015
Flamingos are one of the few land creatures that can drink salt water and live. That is because they excrete (get rid of) the deadly salt by crying. Flamingos cry…
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An ode to teardrops
August 13, 2015
When Water Weeps Drops Falling From my eyes Flow down my face This is how I say I care
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Prune People? Raisin Kids? Water protects us
August 11, 2015
The water inside you is salty, like ocean water. And if this water dries up, what a life-less prune-person, raisin-kid, mummy-man you would become!
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Ursula Le Guin’s take on Atticus and Scout
August 6, 2015
This quote from Ursula K. Le Guin's review of Go Set a Watchman intrigued me: "Watchman isn’t free of childishness — its author was still pretty young — but its goals…
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Beyond wet dogs: is there water on Pluto?
August 4, 2015
Water runs through countries, continents, and into oceans. Water creates watersheds, communities, that connect us all. We are linked around the globe from beginning to end by water. Now as…
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Capturing the look and feel of water, in words and pictures
July 30, 2015
"You are water--at least two-thirds of you. Even your bones! Water in the discs in your backbone give support so you can stand, walk, and run. Your brain is mostly…
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My love letter to water
July 28, 2015
"Water runs through our bodies, brings food and oxygen to our cells, and allows us to breathe, sweat, stand up and move. Then water cleans up, taking away what pollutes…
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